Monthly Archives: August 2014

As members of the Liberty Lutheran Legacy Society, the Boclairs have generously shown their appreciation of and commitment to Artman.

In 1994, when Helene’s mother Wilhelmina Butler was discharged from hospital and in need of additional help, Helene knew exactly what to do.

“Mother always told me, ‘If I get sick, I want to go to Artman,’” she says.

Helene has known Artman, a Liberty Lutheran senior living community in Ambler, for most of her life. As a little girl, she and her parents attended Ascension Lutheran Church, and every year they looked forward to the picnics held on Artman’s front lawn. In many ways, it was no surprise to Helene that her ties to the Lutheran community would ultimately connect her to meeting and marrying the love of her life.

On Saturday, August 23, 2014 Macy’s stores around the country will open their doors for this exclusive one day sale as part of their “Shop for a Cause.” Your shopping pass, good at all Macy’s stores on that date, offers 25% off regular, sale and clearance merchandise throughout the store as well as 10% off watches, furniture, mattresses and area rugs.

We’ve all heard the phrase, “Use it or lose it.” For older adults at Liberty Lutheran’s senior communities, there’s good news about staying strong at any age. Liberty Lifestyles is an innovative wellness program, designed to keep residents in Independent Living, Personal Care and Nursing as active and independent as possible.

700 students from eight elementary, middle and high schools in the city of Philadelphia enrolled in a total of 13 camp programs – this summer’s theme: “BOOST Takes a Walk on The Wild Side.” It is the program’s highest enrollment for summer camp to date. Stacy says they specially-designed this summer’s program as a way to give urban children the opportunity to be active and connect with nature.

Olive is the first person to participate in the Music and Memory program at Artman.

“Where words fail, music speaks.” -Hans Christian Andersen

A typical day for Olive includes a lot of sleep and little, if any, engagement with others. Olive, 103 years old and in the advanced stages of dementia, is a resident at Artman, Liberty’s senior living community in Ambler, Montgomery County. Up to now, staff has had little success engaging with Olive. That changed on a Tuesday in August.

Liberty Lutheran is proud to share with you some special honors that have been bestowed upon us this summer!

The Distinguished Service Awards were presented at the 2014 LeadingAge PA Annual Meeting and Conference on June 18th in Hershey, Pennsylvania. LeadingAge PA is a trade association representing Pennsylvania not-for-profit organizations that provide housing, healthcare and community services primarily to the elderly. The goal of these awards is to honor people who have enhanced the field of aging service for outstanding performance. This year, Liberty Lutheran received two outstanding awards: